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Worst map of all time?

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Slugbreath
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden201 Posts
November 23 2009 12:49 GMT
#1
Since I have a fascination of the mediocre I asked myself "which maps are the worst maps ever made?". Since I haven't been around for that long, however, I never have experienced truly aweful maps.

So that's why I turn to my fellow Teamliquid:ers for help. What maps are, according to you, the worst ever made and why?

To get things started, I'll list a few that I have gathered are definately among the worst ever made:

* DMZ - This horrible map had permanent disruption webs covering large areas of it which ultimately lead to all TvZ games turning into SCV rushes.

* Demon's Forest - The center of this map caused certain units to bug out and thus caused unnessesary frustration to many players.

* Mercury - Although I haven't actually figured out why (haven't played on it yet, tbh), this map is a nightmare for any Protoss player who isn't named Reach.

* Alchemist - Not only is it bland and ugly, it's also asymetrical and a nightmare to face Zerg on due to the many directions 'lings can swarm into the main from.
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6642 Posts
November 23 2009 12:54 GMT
#2
Battle Royal if you don't happen to play Zerg.
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l10f *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3241 Posts
November 23 2009 12:55 GMT
#3
Mercury.

I love DMZ. I still play on it. Also the Demon's Forest bug adds extra fun to the game
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KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States44066 Posts
November 23 2009 12:57 GMT
#4
Lost Temple?
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
NovaTheFeared
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States7232 Posts
November 23 2009 12:57 GMT
#5
DMZ was the worst, it turned every game into scv rush vs. 5 pool.
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Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6119 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-23 13:02:20
November 23 2009 13:00 GMT
#6
On November 23 2009 21:54 jello_biafra wrote:
Battle Royal if you don't happen to play Zerg.


That was an imbalanced map but no where near the worst of all time.
Games were decent on that map.

My vote goes to luna. Games were so boring on that map.
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okum
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
France5779 Posts
November 23 2009 13:02 GMT
#7
Plasma?
Flash fan before it was cool | Coiner of "jangbang"
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
November 23 2009 13:05 GMT
#8
i always hate incubus.. but its probably far away from being the worst map..

but i hated it.. + rivarly was so shitty, too. T_T
hatred outlives the hateful
Kot
Profile Joined January 2009
Australia148 Posts
November 23 2009 13:07 GMT
#9
DMZ was hilarious and they removed it before it lost its novelty
prOxi.Beater
Profile Joined December 2008
Denmark626 Posts
November 23 2009 13:12 GMT
#10
DMZ definitely takes the cake, even being a 2v2 map and all..

Distances were so short that scv rushes were incredibly powerful (distances were quite a bit shorter on than on Blood Bath I believe) and only a handful of games even went past the 6 minute mark.Also the webs in the center didn't really work out too well - They didn't make the game any more interesting and watching two players try to micro their two armies against each other in the middle was like watching two disabled kids fight. Just a horrible, imbalanced, uninteresting map that I'm glad got removed mid-season
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sushiman
Profile Joined September 2003
Sweden2691 Posts
November 23 2009 13:17 GMT
#11
Geometry. TvT paradise.
1000 at least.
3clipse
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada2555 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-23 13:35:19
November 23 2009 13:18 GMT
#12
Ashrigo seems pretty unplayable.
There are just sooooooo many old maps to pick from. We should set up a poll once we reach a consensus on the worst 10 or so. Then host a tournament using only those maps if we want to be really sadistic.

Edit:
heheh

Giant Steps

Fading Ground

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Ao_Jun
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Denmark396 Posts
November 23 2009 13:24 GMT
#13
I loved Ashrigo (Mutarushed my way to 1145 ladder back in the day if i remember correctly)


I somehow always hated two maps most of all

Jim Raynor's Memory
And
Neo Jungle Story

I have no idea why i hate these maps so much, just never really had fun when i was playing them
you are one of the least benigtedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66363 Posts
November 23 2009 13:27 GMT
#14
Fuckury
POGGERS
jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
November 23 2009 13:28 GMT
#15
from my personal point of view it has to be monty hall... i always hated that map and i still do. i didn't like watching games on it and i hated to play it. that map was just a horrible piece of starcraft history to me.
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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-23 13:35:13
November 23 2009 13:34 GMT
#16
In recent history, Battle Royal has to win. It was totally unwelcome in the 08-09 PL's already Zerg-happy map pool.

Demon's Forest takes the cake though…if only for that simply godawful game between Yarnc and FrOzean? there in group stages. The worst game of professional BW I have ever seen.
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writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-23 13:37:30
November 23 2009 13:35 GMT
#17
DMZ or Demon's Forest

Other maps actually had good games on them, these maps are just fundamentally flawed. Plasma/Battle Royal/Monty hall is just completely undeserved. Mercury was pretty cool too besides playing PvZ (reach vs oov anyone?). can't speak for some maps like geometry but i'm pretty sure they weren't that bad, they were at least playable.

DMZ or demon's forest are just downright unplayable.

edit:alchemist would be a close third
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
November 23 2009 13:41 GMT
#18
On November 23 2009 22:27 konadora wrote:
Fuckury


i remember an EPIC game on it..

reach vs oov iirc
hatred outlives the hateful
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10904 Posts
November 23 2009 13:48 GMT
#19
Plasma .
ZaDeX
Profile Joined May 2009
Venezuela27 Posts
November 23 2009 13:50 GMT
#20
LT. PYTHON. PLASMA
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